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Albanian and Norwegian


Norwegian and Albanian


Countries

Countries
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe  
Norway  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe  
Norway  

Second Language
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Europe, South America  

Minority Language
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania  
Nynorsk  

Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana  
Norwegian Language Council  

Interesting Facts
  • Albanian Language has adopted words from Latin, Greek, Turkish, Italian and Slavic languages.
  • 74% Albanian people are atheist, they never go to church or mosque.
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  • Bergen is one of the Norwegian dialect which has only two genders: common and neuter.
  • Since Norwegian language uses pitch accents, it has musical quality and are sometimes employed to distinguish the meanings of homonyms.
  

Similar To
Romanian  
Swedish and Danish Languages  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Albanian-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Norwegian-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
36  
18
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
9  
6

How Many Consonants
29  
19
20  
10

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
Përshëndetje  
hallo  

Thank You
Ju faleminderit  
takk  

How Are You?
Si jeni?  
hvordan har du det?  

Good Night
natën e mirë  
god natt  

Good Evening
mirëmbrëma  
god kveld  

Good Afternoon
mirëdita  
god ettermiddag  

Good Morning
mirëmengjes  
god morgen  

Please
Ju lutem  
Vær så snill  

Sorry
Me fal  
unnskyld  

Bye
mirupafshim  
ha det  

I Love You
unë e dua ju  
Jeg Elsker Deg  

Excuse Me
Më falni  
unnskyld meg  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gheg Albanian  
Jamtlandic  

Where They Speak
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia  
Jamtland,Harjedalen  

How Many People Speak
3,400,000.00  
99+
30,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Tosk Albanian  
Sognamål  

Where They Speak
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey  
Sogn  

How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00  
99+
5,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Arbëresh  
Hallingmål-Valdris  

Where They Speak
Italy  
Hallingdal, Valdres  

How Many People Speak
100,000.00  
99+
5,000,000.00  
38

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
19  
17

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.50 million  
99+
5.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.11 %  
99+
0.07 %  
99+

Native Speakers
3.10 million  
99+
5.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
3.60 million  
99+
5.00 million  
99+

Native Name
shqip / gjuha shqipe  
Norsk  

Alternative Names
Shqip  
Norsk  

French Name
albanais  
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien  

German Name
Albanisch  
Nynorsk  

Pronunciation
[ʃcip]  
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian) [nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)  

Ethnicity
Albanians  
Norwegians  

History

Origin
1462 AD  
c. 1300 AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Germanic  

Branch
-  
Northern (Scandinavian)  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Albanian  
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian  

Standard Forms
Standard Albanian  
Nynorsk, Bokmål  

Language Position
14  
13
18  
16

Signed Forms
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)  
Signed Norwegian  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
sq  
no  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sqi  
nor  

ISO 639 2/B
alb  
nor  

ISO 639 3
sqi  
nor  

ISO 639 6
sqi  
nor  

Glottocode
alba1267  
norw1258  

Linguasphere
55-AAA-aaa  
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Fusional  

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All Albanian and Norwegian Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Albanian and Norwegian dialects. Various dialects of Albanian and Norwegian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Albanian are spoken in different Albanian Speaking Countries whereas Norwegian Dialects are spoken in different Norwegian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Albanian vs Norwegian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Albanian dialects include: Gheg Albanian, Tosk Albanian. Norwegian dialects include: Jamtlandic , Sognamål. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Albanian and Norwegian Speaking population

Albanian and Norwegian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Albanian and Norwegian languages can be compared. The total count of Albanian and Norwegian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Albanian language is 0.11 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Norwegian language is 0.07 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Albanian and Norwegian on Albanian vs Norwegian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Albanian and Norwegian Language Codes

Albanian and Norwegian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Albanian and Norwegian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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